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I dunno where the other reviewers are from but if you are from the UK, especially near London, you'll appreciate this good old Crime story, It's definitely not a 5/10 movie as rated at this moment in time, it's more of a 7.... So give it a chance, I know the boss man is trying to be like Bricktop, but once you stop comparing him, you'll enjoy the movie more, like I did! As for predictable??? Half of it maybe... But it's not the movie that does that, it's the fact it's based loosely on real events and how it used to be!

This is an outstanding drama/action movie. You will be in suspense throughout.

An 18 gangster film with Timothy Spall and Hugh Bonneville had to be worth a watch and it turned out better than I expected. The story had plenty of twists and turns, and you never really knew where it was going. The action scenes were good and the acting very good. The film was obviously low budget but that isn't always a bad thing as in this case. The plot did have some holes and lacked a bit of believabllity at times but overall it was well worth a watch.

'The Corrupted (2019)' was slipped into cinemas on the sly, released without so much as an advert, let alone any real fanfare. It's difficult to see why, really, considering that it isn't exactly the sort of thing that jumps out and grabs you - not from its title, its premise nor its poster. What I mean is that it's not like there was any real chance of it being a smash-hit if no-one even knew it was coming out. The other answer, of course, is that the studio was embarrassed of it and wanted to get it out as quietly as possible. That doesn't quite ring true, however, as there's nothing embarrassing - at all, really - about the flick. Sure, it seems like the sort of thing you'd walk in on your dad watching on Channel 4 but it's by no means a bad film. It's shot nicely, has a great cast and, when it gets going, is rather entertaining. The story, essentially, centres around a recently released convict as he attempts to reintegrate with society and reunite with the family he left behind. In practice, though, it actually spends an equal amount of time on its varying bit-players and their attempts to expose, or perpetuate, the corruption surrounding property development escalated by 2012's Olympic games. It probably has one too many focal characters and, especially in the first act, it doesn't seem to know who to settle on, often bouncing from person to person in frenetic and frustrating fashion. This issue even ricochets into individual scenes, as some early ensembles are jarringly cut seemingly so the characters get equal screen-time regardless of if they (eventually) have equal narrative value. There are also some odd focus pulls that aren't quite pulled off properly and breaks in the '180 rule' which make certain sequences seem a little amateur - as does the far too frequent audio clipping that sees the end of sentences end abruptly after an optical cut. It's a good thing, then, that the cinematography is usually spot-on, from the nicely-framed composition to the contrast-heavy lighting, and actually elevates the overall visual 'feel' of the flick. The same can be said for the acting, which is good across the board and is well above 'soap opera'-level, even when the central players get into overly-serious shouting matches. Tim Spall, especially, entertainingly chews the scenery every time he's on-screen, in contrast to Hugh Bonneville's usually more subtle - yet still menacing - demeanour. As I mentioned, it gets quite enjoyable when everything settles into place. The action is quite shaky and isn't really all that satisfying but the piece isn't focused on it so much as its consequences, which are suitably brutal and fit right in with its generally grim tone. Everyone's betraying everyone else and no-one can be trusted; it's not surprising, necessarily, but it is bleak and I think that's what the film-makers were going for. Generally, once the set-up is out of the way and the pace kicks in, it just keeps getting better. This happens later than you might expect, though. The ending is a little rushed and, perhaps, misses a step or two in terms of its internal logic but the actual climax is rather compelling, even if the whole thing is ever-so-slightly downbeat. The movie is never fantastic - in fact, it's usually just alright. However, it's fun enough, for what it is, when it finally gets going that I reckon it's worth a watch, especially if you're into the genre. 6/10

I enjoyed the film. Good graphics and sound. I liked the cast and thought the acting was strong, particularly the old gangsta fella who is supposed to be the corrupted one. Would have been nice to see him have more of a heart than being entirely corruption. I understood from the sombre (and rather unhappy) ending to the film that what the writers were trying to convey was that corruption is a cance*. Once a person is corrupted to such a point, they leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Also you can kill off some parts of the cance* though it can just regrow in other areas, that's what seemed to happen at the end. Shame the brown cop got capped. Overall quite predictable though well worth a watch and in an empty cinema like I enjoyed, why not!!?

It's not awful awful but there's not a lot of good in this low budget british cliche. Having said that i do want to give credit to the main bad guy (Cliff Cullen) played by Timothy Spall. He's not quite up to the level of a Guy Ritchie bad guy character but he's definitely provided a solid performance.